19 March 2026 – Natcap, a world-leading nature intelligence provider, today announced a strategic partnership with ERM, the world's largest specialist sustainability consultancy, to empower clients to translate nature and water assessments into actionable, risk-reducing, and resilience-boosting business decisions.
This partnership unites Natcap’s world-leading expertise in science-based nature intelligence and high-precision, location-specific data with ERM’s established capabilities in strategy, transformation, implementation, and disclosure. Together, we will support clients in managing the full spectrum of their nature and water dependencies and impacts, focusing on critical areas such as site-level biodiversity management, water stewardship, supply chain engagement, and landscape resilience planning.
As regulatory and investor expectations for nature-related risks continue to grow, businesses require scientifically robust, scalable solutions. By integrating Natcap’s peer-reviewed ecosystem service models with ERM’s strategic delivery expertise, we provide portfolio and site-level insights and solutions directly aligned with mandatory and voluntary disclosure frameworks, including TNFD and CSRD.
Sebastian Leape, Natcap CEO, said: “To turn their nature assessments into drivers of business value, companies need to move beyond high-level disclosure to granular, site-specific action. By combining Natcap’s science-based nature intelligence with ERM’s world-class strategic advisory, we are providing companies with the defensible evidence base they need to manage risks and unlock nature-positive opportunities at scale. This partnership ensures that nature is no longer an intangible 'blind spot' but a central component of resilient corporate strategy.”
Daniele Strippoli, EMEA Leader for Nature & Water at ERM, said: “Businesses navigating the complexities of nature and water need decision-ready, defensible science that translates into prioritized actions and measurable outcomes. Bringing together Natcap’s world-leading nature intelligence data with ERM’s strategy, transformation and implementation capabilities, we are helping clients move from assessment to investment by enhancing long‑term corporate performance through water resilience and nature restoration.”
ERM and Natcap have already successfully collaborated on client engagements across regions and industries, demonstrating the partnership's value:
Consumer goods: TNFD-aligned screening across agricultural supply chains
A global consumer goods manufacturer required a nature dependency and impact assessment for key commodities.
- Natcap provided dependency models for soil health, pollination, and water provisioning, with location-specific precision.
- ERM converted the results into TNFD-ready disclosures, supplier segmentation, and engagement plans.
- Result: The client now has a science-based view of nature-related risks across priority commodities and a clear roadmap for supply chain interventions, fully prepared to meet future disclosure requirements.
Real Estate & Telecommunications: Portfolio-wide nature impact and dependency screening
A global real estate and telecommunications operator needed to understand nature-related risks across a geographically diverse portfolio of office buildings, data centers, and mobile network infrastructure.
- Natcap supplied TNFD-aligned indicators for biodiversity sensitivity, ecosystem integrity, water risk, land use change, pollution, and ecosystem fragmentation.
- ERM integrated these metrics into TNFD-ready disclosures, site prioritization logic, and an operational roadmap.
- Result: The client is now equipped with a heat-map of high-exposure locations across the portfolio, strengthening CSRD and TNFD compliance and enabling the consideration for the management of nature risks to be incorporated into its asset development processes.
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About Natcap
Natcap is a world-leading nature intelligence provider, helping companies measure, report, and act on nature-related risks and opportunities. Our science-based data capabilities and advisory services unlock supply chain resilience, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive sustainable growth. Founded in 2018 by scientists at the University of Oxford, Natcap combines scientific rigour with practical solutions to help companies make the business case for nature, quantify the value at stake, and integrate nature into business strategy.
About ERM
Sustainability is our business.
As the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, deploying a unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. This approach helps clients to accelerate the integration of sustainability at every level of their business.
With more than 50 years of experience, ERM’s diverse team of 8000+ experts in 40 countries and territories helps clients create innovative solutions to their sustainability challenges, unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.
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